Gas stove



S. A. WILDE GAS STOVE Filed Dec." 3, 1951 Aug. 23, 1932.

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Patented Aug. 23, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE I SAMUEL A. WILDE, OF TAUNT'ON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO GLENWOOD BAlSlGE COMPANY, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS GAS STOVE Application filed December 3, 1931.

The invention relates to an improvement in gas stoves or ranges of a type in which the burners are equipped with a manifold and valve connections through which gas is fed to the burners and controlled, and in which the manifold is covered by a plate through which the stems of the valves extend with the handles of the valves lying outside said plate.

The invention relates essentially to the plate covering the manifold and in accordance with the object of the invention consists of an improvement which, though simple structurally, has two advantages: One advantage the removal of the plate from the body of the stove or range without disturbing the handles of the valves. The other advantage, that of an indication of the on and OK positions of the valves from points lying back of said plate, the indication being visible through the plate.

The invention can best be seen and understood by reference to the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan of the top of the stove.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line t--t of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a part of the top edge portion of the stove in enlarged detail.

Referring to the drawings:

1 represents the top of the stove having a downturned edge or rim 2. Arranged pref erably just below the top of the stove adjacent its rim is a manifold a supported by brackets L fixed to the top of the stove. Connecting with the manifold are valves 5 for controlling the issuing from it and which is supplied to the various burners (not shown) in the usual manner. The valves are provided with outwardly projecting stems 6 with handles 7 on their ends by which they may be turned. The handles are secured to the stems in the usual manner.

Serial No. 578,633.

Arranged upon the stems of the valves to turn with them are indicators 8 preferably in the form of disks having indications 9 thereon, preferably the words On and Off for indicating the open and closed positions of the valves.

Arranged forward-of the manifold and valves so as to cover them, and also forward of the indicators on the stems of the valves is a plate 10 through which the stems of the valves extend with their handles lying out side this plate.- The arrangement of the plate is one on which the top edge portion of the plate will properly co-operate' with the downturned rim of the stove for making a properly finished connection between them, the preferred arrangement being one in which the bottom edge of the downturned rim will lie substantially flush with the top edge of the plate.

The plate 10 is supported by brackets 11 se cured to the top of the stove and projecting outward beneath the manifold with forward extension into positions where the plate may be conveniently secured to them. The connection between the plate and these brackets is secured by screws 12 passed through the brackets and entering threaded nipples 13 on the inner side of the plate. The plate is provided with slots 15 extending into the body of the plate from the top edge thereof. These slots correspond in. number with the stems of the respective valves, the stems passing through the slots when the plate is in place. This enables the plate to be applied to or removed from the stove without disturbing the handles of the valves. The relative arrangement of the plate and stems of the valves is such that the stems will pass through the bottoms of the slots, and the slots are formed with such sufiicient depth as to leave open a portion of the slots above the stems. The portion of the slots thus left open lie forward of the indicators 8 on the stems back of the plate and form sight openings for viewing through the plate the indications on the indicators showing the On and Off positions of the valves, the sight openings formed by the slots lying in proper align- C. CI]

ment with the indications on the indicators for obtaining this objective result.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. in a gas stove having burner connections including a manifold and valves with stems and ha dles on the stems, the combination therewith of indicators on said stems turning therewith and bearing indications indicating the or and off positions of the valves, a plate on the stove arranged outside said indicators, said plate having slots there in through which said stems extend, said slotsextending from the edge of the plate whereby the plate may be applied to the stove with extension over the stems of the valves without removing the handles on said stems, said slots having, also, sufiicient depth to leave sight openings through the plate beyond said stems extending therethrough, those portions of the slots forming the sight openings being in alignment with the indications on saie indicators whereby said indications may be seen through said sight openings, and means for securing said plate to the stove;-

2. In a gas stove havingburner connections including a manifold and} valves with stems and handles on the stems, the combina-. tion therewith ofan'indicator'on said stems turning therewith and bearing indications indicatingthe on and'ofi positions ofltlie valves, a plate on the stove arranged outside said indicators, said, plate slots there'- in through which said stems-extend, sen n having suflici'ent d'epth' tol'eave "sight openings through the plate beyond said stems extending therethrough, those portions'of the slots forming the sight openings'being in alignment with the indications (in, said indicators whereby said indications willbe seen through said sight openings, and means for securing said plate to the stove.

3'. In a gas stove having burner connections including a manifold and: valves w th stems and handles on the stems, the combina- 'tion therewith of disks on the stems turning therewith and bearing indicatlons indicating the on and off positions of the'valves,"a plate on the stove arranged outside said disks, said plate having slots therein through which the stems ofthe valves extend, said slotsextending from the top edge of the plate whereby the plate may be applied to the stove with extension over the stems of the valves without removing the handles on said stems, said slots having also sufi'ici-ent depth to leave sight openings through the plate above said stems extending therethrough, those portions or" the slots forming the sight openings being in alignment with the indications on said indicators whereby saidindications may be seen through said sight openings, and means for securing the plate to the stove.

' SAMUEL A. WILDEQ 

